jdefacto Gimmie Sopor How would you describe fake punk? I hadn't heard the term till @sixbigboys played some (maybe you wanna weigh in too) on GIMH. Conceptually it's still murky for me.
The waters are a bit murky, but here is my take. The A4 description would be a shameless cash in on the punk movement. Often (but not always) by acts that could be described as mere studio projects. The most obvious case is of course Plastic Bertrand's super hit Ca Plan Pour Moi, which in itself spawned a flood of covers and rip-off singles by other producers and musicians looking to make a quick buck.
Then you had bands like F.U.2 (Downliners Sect in disguise) and Pack (led by former Amon Düül II member Jörg Evers). Older guys with a background in 60s rock'n'roll and psych. On the other hand, both F.U.2 and Pack put out great albums that sound totally sincere and not plastic in any way. I'm also pretty sure they started playing punk because they liked the music, fame and fortune was never on the horizon. But I guess they weren't really part of the scene and were considered "posers" by the younger generation. So in retrospect they are lumped into the faux punk category.
Thats all for now, I'm sure lots of people here can expand on my reasoning.
